Brachytome
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Brachytome is a genus of 8 species of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1871.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16044908#page/72/mode/1up Joseph Dalton Hooker. 1871. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 11: 70, pl. 1088, Brachytome wallichii.] It occurs in mainland Southeast Asia from Bangladesh, east to south central China and south to Peninsular Malaysia.
Species
- Brachytome hainanensis C.Y.Wu ex W.C.Chen - Hainan, Vietnam
- Brachytome hirtella Hu - Tibet, Yunnan, Vietnam
- Brachytome kachinensis Govaerts - Myanmar (Burma)
- Brachytome pitardii Tirveng. - Vietnam
- Brachytome russellii Deb & M.G.Gangop. - Myanmar (Burma)
- Brachytome scortechinii King & Gamble - Laos, Thailand, Malaysia
- Brachytome wallichiii Hook.f. - Yunnan, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Burma, Vietnam
- Brachytome wardii C.E.C.Fisch. - Myanmar (Burma)
References
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External links
- [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Brachytome Brachytome in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae]
- [http://www.zhiwutong.com/dan_tu/52/41601.htm Brachytome wallichii picture]
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Category:Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
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